Electric curler



IVI. G. YEAGER.

ELECTRIC GURLER. APPLICATION FILED MAII.16,I920.

Patented Aug. 1, 1922.

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UNITED vsiufrns PATENT OFFICE.

ELECTRIC oUnLEn.

Specification of Letters E'atent.

yPatented Aug. 1, 1922.

Application filed March 16, 1920. Serial No. 366,242.

To all fwzom 'it may concern.'

.Be it known that I, ll/IARY GREEN Yeas-nn, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at St. Louis, State of Missouri, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Electric Curlers, oi' which the followingis a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanyingdrawing.

My invention relates to improvements in electric curlers and has tor itsobject to provide an apparatus for waving natural hair on the head, andhas as its particular object to produce what is known as the Marcelwave.

In the drawings- Fig. 1 is a longitudinal vertical view in mid-sectionof a curler embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the saine.

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view oi the same, taken on the line ofFig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a similar view taken on the line -1-4 of Fig. 2.

The curler comprises a handle 5 havingI a plate 6 which serves as a rest'for the curler. T hrough the handle 5 the tubular sleeve i extends intothe base 8 of the errule '9. ri`he shell 10, of heat-conducting materialis detachably mounted in the fel-rule 9 by means of set-screws 11. Theinner shell 12 is seated in the shell 10, and contains the heatingelement 13, to which electric current is conveyed by the wires 1L1-1Lllextending through the tubular sleeve 7 as shown in Fig. 1. f

A heat non-conducting basey 15 is secured to the sleeve 12 by means ofthe cla-mp 16 (see Fig. 3), the clamp 16 being secured to the sleeve 12by means of the set screw 17 (see Fig. `1).

The sleeve 12 is provided with a series of prongs 18 which are arrangedas shown in two straight lines, the prongs 18 in reach line beingequi-distant from each other, and

those in one line being in staggered relation to those in the opposingline, their arrangement and disposition being illustrated in Figs. 1, 2and 3. The prongs 18 are of a heat conducting material and terminate inthe globulan closures 19, whose screw threaded extensions 20 are seatedin the open mouths of the prongs 18, said prongs 18 being tubular ,andscrew-threaded to receive said extensions 20. The caps 19 are of heat fnon-conducting material.

The tool thus described is used to wave the hair upon the head, and thebase 15 rests upon the scalp of the person whose hair is being curled,when the portion of the hair near the scalp 1s being treated. In thetreatment or' long hair at points more remote from the scalp the curlerrests upon any suitable support, being held against rotation by thesquare lower face of the base 15 and the straight edge of the plate 6.The effect known as the Marcel wave is produced by winding the hairalternately around the prongs 18 comprised in the two series abovedescribed and illustrated; the prongs 18 being heated as well as thesleeve 12, the heat so administered serves to impart the desired Marcelwave effect. l

The construction described may be varied in detail without departingfrom the spirit of my invention, whose `primary object is to provide theelectrical sleeve 12 with the heated prongs 18, said prongs beingalternately disposed .in the arrangement which I have described. Morethan two lines or series of the prongs 18 may be employed if desired;the two lines illustrated being used as the preferred form of myinvention, with a view to lightness and compactness.

.risshown in F ig. 3 the two lines of prongs 18 are mounted tangentiallywith. reference to each other.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire tohave secured to me by the grant of Letters Patent. is-

is a new article of manufacture, an electric curler comprising a heatnon-conducting base; a shell of heat-conducting material; a clampsecuring said shell to said base: a heating element seated in saidshell; a terrule wherein said shell is detachablv mounted; a handle; atubular sleeve extending through said handle and into said ferrule; anda plate secured to said handle and arranged to hold the curler againstrotation.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aiiix my signature. 1

` MARY GREILT YEAGER.

